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Areas of the World: How does MarineTraffic segment them?
Areas of the World: How does MarineTraffic segment them?
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Written by Vasilis Kontas
Updated over 5 months ago

The world is a huge place! Water makes up about 71% of its surface. Thus, an effective breakdown of the world into major areas is needed while taking into account the needs of the commercial maritime ecosystem. MarineTraffic addresses this issue by segmenting all areas as follows:

Primary Commercial Areas Covering All Waterways of the World

AREA CODE

AREA NAME

ADRIA

Adriatic Sea

AG

Arabian Gulf

ALASKA

Alaska

ANT

Antarctica

BALTIC

Baltic Sea

BSEA

Black Sea

CARIBS

Caribbean Sea

CASPIAN

Caspian Sea

CCHINA

Central China

CISPAC

CIS Pacific

EAFR

East Africa

EAUS

East Australia

ECCA

East Coast Central America

ECCAN

East Coast Canada

ECI

East Coast India

ECSA

East Coast South America

EMED

East Mediterranean

GLAKES

Great Lakes

INDO

Indonesia

INLSAM

Inland, South America

INLCN

Inland, China

INLEU

Inland, Europe

INLRU

Inland, Russia

INLUS

Inland, USA

JAPAN

Japan Coast

NAUS

North Australia

NCCIS

North Coast CIS

NCHINA

North China

NCSA

North Coast South America

NOATL

North Atlantic

NORDIC

Norwegian Coast

NPAC

North Pacific

PHIL

Philippines

RSEA

Red Sea

SAFR

South Africa

SCHINA

South China

SEASIA

South-East Asia

SIND

South Indian Ocean

SPAC

South Pacific

UKC

UK Coast & Atlantic

USEC

US East Coast

USG

Gulf of Mexico

USWC

US West Coast

WAFR

West Africa

WAUS

West Australia

WCCA

West Coast Central America

WCCAN

West Coast Canada

WCI

West Coast India

WCSA

West South America

WMED

West Mediterranean

A depiction of the above-mentioned areas on the world map can be seen in the picture below:

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More specific areas are also defined to cover parts of the world, based on geographical criteria, as follows:

Secondary Geographical Areas

Adaman Sea

Aegean Sea

Antwerp Area

Arafura Sea

Azores

Azov Sea

Baffin Bay

Balearic Sea

Banda Sea

Barents Sea

Beaufort Sea

Bengal Bay

Bering Sea

Bermuda

Biscay Bay

Bohai Sea

Bothnia Gulf

Bristol Channel

Celebes Sea

Celtic Sea

Chukchi Sea

Coral Sea

Dubai Area

East China Sea

East Siberian Sea

Elbe River

English Channel

Finland Gulf

Gibraltar

Gran Canaria

Great Australian Bight

Greenland Sea

Gulf of Aden

Gulf of Alaska

Gulf of California

Gulf of Guinea

Gulf of Honduras

Gulf of Thailand

Hawaii

Hudson Bay

Hudson River

Iceland

Ionian Sea

Irish Sea

Java Sea

Kara Sea

Kattegat

Kiel Canal

Laccadive Sea

Lake Erie

Lake Huron

Lake Michigan

Lake Ontario

Lake Superior

Laptev Sea

Ligurean Sea

Makassar Strait

Malacca Strait

Marmara Sea

Molucca Sea

North Sea

Northwestern Passage

Okhotsk Sea

Oman Gulf

Panama Canal

Persian Gulf

Piraeus Area

Riau Archipelago

Rotterdam Area

Singapore Area

Skagerrak

Solomon Sea

St. Lawrence Gulf

St. Lawrence River

Sulu Sea

Tasman Sea

Timor Sea

Tyrrhenian Sea

White Sea

Yellow Sea

Thus, the map of the world is further processed so that these areas can be accurately defined. A sample of such a case is shown in the following picture:
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